Daniëlskuil (1976, Season 1)
Basic information
Sample name: Daniëlskuil (1976, Season 1)

Reference: T. C. K. Van der Linde, P. H. Hewitt, R. Van Pletzen, D. J. Kok, S. Fourie, D. J. Mostert, and A. Nel. 1982. Species richness and relative abundance of female mosquitoes at a site in the western Orange Free State. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 45(1):57-67 [ER 2769]
Geography
Country: South Africa


Coordinate: 29° 2' 30" S, 25° 55' 0" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: "on the farm Daniëlskul situated 30 km west of Blomefontein"

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna

Substrate: ground surface

MAP: 450.0

Habitat comments: "pan turf veld... interspersed with cultivated land" with one of four sampling sites being in a "swamp"
MAP is the mean of three yearly values

Methods
Life forms: mosquitoes

Sites: 4

Sampling methods: no design,baited,light traps

Sample size: 120803 individuals

Years: 1976

Nets or traps: 4

Sampling comments: "New Jersey light-traps... were used... suspended 1.5 m above the ground and baited with CO2... One trap was placed at each of the four sites and was operated once a week from 16h00 to 09h00 the next day during the period 1 January 1976 to 31 December 1978... Season 1 extended from January until the first night in which frost occurred" so the number of nights is unclear

Metadata
Sample number: 2962

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2018-05-27 17:29:33

Modified: 2018-05-27 07:29:45

Abundance distribution
16 species
0 singletons
total count 120803
geometric series index: 18.0
Fisher's α: 1.409
geometric series k: 0.4998
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6379
Shannon's H: 1.3828
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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